air bubbles?

[Zuska]

I have had a problem for the longest time ever. i went to fish stores or looked at other members tanks on this web site in person. and my tank has alot of air bubbles and it doesnt look to good... i dont like the way it looks. its coming from my return pump... any ideas?

 

[bigbris1]

Your retirn is probably sucking in air from one of the connections. One way to find the leak is shut off the power to the return pump & when the water starts siphoning back down to the sump, you will see where there's a leak.

Another reason is if you dont have a sponge on the intake to the return, bubbles might be getting sucked in from the sump. Do you have a pic of your setup?

 

[thirty5]

I HATE MICRO BUBBLES!!!!... I have them in my DT also, and i am just too lazy to find where they are coming from. Has to be on the intake from my return pump. No Foam Pad.

 

[Zuska]

i have a foam pad... maybe i should get a new one... dunnno

 

[yeahcheetah]

return section water too low?

 

[drperetz]

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Pics definitly would help. Do u have a skimmer in the sump?

 

[Zuska]

pics will be posted soon

 

[Zuska]

sump

pics of sump and skimmer

 

[thirty5]

pics of sump and skimmer

I would take a pic farther back. Need to see the return pump and where the skimmer lets water back into the sump. If the skimmer lets water in right by the return pump, it will also let bubbles into the return area.. That is where you need the pad!

 

[rfny75]

It can be from the return from the skimmer, I had that problem and I put skimmer's return away from the return pump and the bubbles went away.

 

[home wrecker]

why is your water level as high as the middle baffle ...

 

[Tonyscoots84]

maybe ur water flow is way to fast in the sump. this is causing ur bubbles to not dissipate and is getting sucked into the return pump... another problem which ive also experienced is ur skimmer. it might be letting alot of microbubbles out. one other thing as mentioned earlier why is that water level so high

 

[Zuska]

its hight bcuz when i took the pic i toped it of with some water and the skimmer water flows back into the skimmer area then flows through the baffles and into the return pump... should i have like 2 sponge pads in between the baffels?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i would try slowing the flow down in the sump 1st to see if that does anything and if that doesnt work then i would add the 2 dietrus traps u mentioned.. (remember they need to be cleaned frequently)